Deregulating School Aid in California: How districts responded to flexibility in Tier 3 categorical funds in 2010-2011

ISBN-10
0833079816
ISBN-13
9780833079817
Category
Government aid to education
Pages
102
Language
English
Published
2012

Description

"California's system of school finance is highly regulated and prescriptive. A large share of state funding is allocated through categorical programs, that is, programs whose funding is contingent upon districts using the money in a particular way or for a particular purpose. In 2008-09, the strings were taken off 40 of those programs, collectively known as the "Tier 3" programs, as part of a budget deal that also reduced the funding for those programs. The authors conducted a survey of 350 California school district chief financial officers (CFOs) between April and August of 2011 to see how district leaders responded to this sudden, limited fiscal flexibility and the conditions that shaped their decisions."--Publisher's website.

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